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I was scheduled to work two innings, but they said keep going and that's fine with me. I threw only 20 pitches and they wanted me up near 50.

I worked on a change and they had some swings today that made it look like they were expecting a fastball. I'm focused on mixing all my pitches up like I'm going to do in the season.

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I got some good pitches to hit, but I tried to do a little too much.

I got out of some (jams) but I left a couple of pitches up and that can cost you the game. I'm frustrated with (my) up-down approach in April.

If they want to call strikes on pitches two and three inches outside all day, fine with me. It'll speed up the game. But we had pitches six, seven, 11 inches off the plate.

If we can swing the bat and be particular about what pitches to swing at, and be patient and stuff like that, I think we can put some pressure on some people. You look at the numbers these guys put over through the course of the year, there's no easy out in there. That makes it tough on everybody.

I have been shown around the training facilities here, and they are really terrific. The pitches look great, and everything seems to be so well organized.

I didn't really think about it. I just (bore) down, made my pitches and changed speeds. Fortunately I came out with a win.

I didn't really settle down until the fourth inning. It was almost a blessing that it was cold. It made me concentrate on my pitches. I made pitches when I had to. But I wasn't right early in the count.

I don't have an explanation for it. I just know the first three innings, I was pitching. We had a game plan and I was moving the ball, making my pitches. Then all of a sudden, I could feel it. When I threw a couple pitches in the fourth inning, I knew I had something extra on them.

I don't have anything for you. He took two pitches and hit them good. Other than that there is nothing I can say.

I didn't want to leave an off-speed pitch over the plate. He'd hit two off-speed pitches out. But, I expected to close today.

I didn't make very many good pitches in the second inning,

I didn't make good pitches with two outs. They came up with some clutch hits.

I didn't go out and execute two pitches. You have to go out and execute any pitches you make.

I'd make some pitches to get out of a jam, then I'd turn right around and make bad pitches and get back in another jam. I just didn't do my job.

I don't know who is going to lead off -- whoever can run the best. Maybe George. He can take pitches and he makes contact.

I don't care how he pitches. He's out there and his mom just passed away. If he pitches great or not, it's not going to matter one bit to anybody in here.

I don't care what the numbers suggest. I thought the life to his fastball was as good as we've seen all spring. I think there could have been a couple different choices he made in a few two-strike counts, but I'll tell you: He was throwing nothing but quality pitches in the strike zone. ... He was actually too fine.

I'd be surprised if Jon missed 12 pitches all night. His first-strike ratio was incredible. Those guys are horses. We have to do a better job of getting to them early.

I am real pleased with the way Heath threw. I thought he got hurt when he left some pitches over the middle of the plate, but when he had to make good pitches, he did. It was a good outing for him, and a good way to set the tone. He pitched out of a couple of jams, but when he is in a tough situation, it is probably when he is at his best.

I am very excited about Mortensen. He possesses three pitches and will compete for one of the starting roles.

Bear has three quality pitches and a real feel for pitching. What really stands out is that he can execute under pressure situations. He has a composure on the mound and a competitive edge that sets him apart.

(Batista) was missing with his cutter to the outer half (of the plate) and I thought that it was a good time to throw a fastball. He has so many good pitches and his ball has such life that we ended up getting the result we were looking for.

Basically, when Vic is down, he's pretty good. When he's up, the hitters are pretty good. His stuff's fine. It's a matter of keeping the ball down, locating the pitches and changing speeds.

Chris has some nasty stuff and is hard to hit his fastball at 90 mph. He throws some breaking pitches at times. We're expecting a lot of things from both Chris and Andrew.

I make one good pitch then come back and make a terrible pitch and they hit the ball out of the ballpark. One of these days maybe they'll pop one up. But right now, they're putting good swings on the bad pitches I'm throwing.

I had a tough time with my slider; it was off the plate a lot. I work on staying focused and keeping my concentration at the level it needs to be. Sometimes, it may take five pitches to get that one out.

I had pretty good stuff. I had command of all my pitches and I kept them off balance. Our offense put up runs early and that made things easier.

I give a lot of credit to their pitcher. She made the right pitches when it counted and we couldn't get it done when we needed to, and hopefully they'll learn from that.

I felt pretty good. That's always first and foremost. I was able to use all my pitches. Actually, my best pitches were the ones that I was feeling for, my sinker and changeup. I guess I wasn't getting on top of it. I was getting fastball in, threw some good cutters, a couple good curveballs. I was pretty happy with the execution of pitches and the way I felt.

I felt pretty good. All my pitches worked today and my location was good.

I felt perfect on the mound. I threw all fastballs. I hoped to get to throw some more but the hitters were swinging at the first pitch. But if I have to choose five pitches or 15, I'll take five every day.

I felt I had to be strong and make the best pitches possible, ... It's been a while. I was just a little bit nervous and I had to concentrate. I threw a lot of cutters and splitters.

I felt great out there. My pitches did what I wanted them to do. My slider and changeup were about as good as they have been. I didn't feel like I was pitching on short rest.

I felt great. I threw all my pitches and mixed it up pretty well. I felt like I had pretty good location the whole day.

I felt great. I didn't have anything like I had in the past. I'm excited going forward. I threw 90 pitches and felt great the whole time.

I felt good out there. My first at-bat I struck out looking and wanted to be more aggressive in my next few at-bats. Coach Smoke (Laval) told me to just let it go and try to pull the ball and get my best swing off. My next two at-bats, I got two good pitches to hit and was able to pull them out of the park.

I felt like we came out much more aggressive than we have been at the plate. We were swinging at first pitches in occasions and I thought our offense really started putting it together.

I felt like I was throwing pitches where I wanted and wasn't getting rewarded for them.

I felt like I was in control. I made some pitches and he kept getting a little piece of them. I tried to battle and they just beat me today.

I felt good. Last time I probably threw about 35 pitches and felt OK. This time I threw 55 pitches and felt like I could have gone more, which is good.

I felt good. I just left a couple pitches up.

I felt good. I felt a little stiff, but that was expected. After I threw a few pitches and I let it go, everything went back to normal.

I felt good, but I threw too many pitches and that's why they took me out,

I felt as good as I have all spring in the second and third inning. Then I got a little tired, left some pitches up and... well, I'm just going to forget about that fourth inning.

I felt a lot better than the first time. All my pitches were moving, and I hit my spots. I made one bad pitch on a slider and got it up a little bit. But I felt good, and I feel good today.

I felt a lot better than I thought I would. I don't worry necessarily as much about the contact as much as the comfort -- being in the box and seeing pitches. I was surprised how well I was recognizing pitches this early on.

I fell behind and made a bad combination of pitches. Once you get behind in the count, you've got to make real good pitches instead of just good ones.

I fell behind a lot, but I was able to make some key pitches in key situations. I was just trying to make every pitch too nasty.

I finally got back into my game groove. I felt like I was making my pitches a little better and hitting my spots. Then it all ended.

I feel great. This is the best I've felt in two years. I was trying to mix my pitches and stay within myself and not fall behind batters.

I feel good now. I had trouble locating all of my pitches when I first tried to pitch after getting hurt.

I feel good. I didn't throw a lot of pitches in my last start. I feel comfortable about being able to go (Sunday). I've done it a couple of times in the minor leagues when I've been up or down a level. It won't affect how I approach the game.

I feel confident in calling any of the pitches because I think she's developed more confidence.

I feel pretty good overall. When I'm out there throwing batting practice, it's just what it is, batting practice. To work on my pitches and trying to get something out of it a little bit as far as some intensity.

I feel pretty good. I have to make my pitches when I'm there. I don't know the Australian hitters, but I'll figure it out.

I feel like I'm making progress. And that's all you can ask for. ... I feel like right now, the last two or three days I've hopefully gotten rid of some bad habits and consistently repeated my delivery. If I can do that, my pitches are going to be down and I'm going to be successful.

I feel much better when I throw eight innings on 80 pitches than eight innings on 120. I think I'm a more mature pitcher.

I didn't have any movement on my sinker and I left some balls over the plate. My pitches were flat all day. It's frustrating. I've pitched well at times lately. Other times I haven't. There's been no consistency whatsoever. I haven't pitched well enough to give us a chance to win.

I can't get a hit every time. So the next best thing for me is to walk. I try to work a pitcher. You go up there and take a couple of pitches and go deep in the count and it helps the other hitters out, too. They're all watching to see what the guy's got.

I can only control what I can control and that's go out and try to make pitches and keep my team in the game and give them a chance to win. So that's all I'm going to do.

Give him credit. We had some opportunities, but he made some pitches and shut the door.

Frederick threw well, located his pitches well. He was in total command of the strike zone.

Frank laid off some tough pitches and the bat was coming through the zone well. I was very pleased with what he did.

From playing with him, if you don't capitalize on him early he gets stronger. You hope it doesn't come back to haunt you, but looking at it now we wished we could have gotten a couple more runs there. But he made good pitches and he got out of the inning and then we had opportunities later in the game and didn't do anything with it.

If another guy throws 30 pitches one day, I know I'm not going to be able to use him the next day. With Pat, if he throws 30 pitches, and 15 are right-handed and 15 are left-handed, I know I can come back to him tomorrow.

I encourage him to shake me off. That's how I'll learn his game, learn his style. I tell him it's more about the conviction of his pitches than the selection. If I have an issue, I'll go out and talk to him. We've had some discussions on the mound and he's been as cool as a cucumber out there. I can't say enough about his composure. I think that's carried him to this point.

I don't think I was anxious, ... I've always been a very aggressive hitter. When I make outs with pitches out of the strike zone, it's something I've done my whole career.

I got excited when I faced Barry Bonds -- that was the first time I ever faced him. He is a great hitter; he is quick. I threw him some good pitches and he fouled them off.

I got a few pitches up, and I don't think I was as aggressive as I usually am. I tried hitting spots too much instead of just trusting my stuff and letting it work for me. I don't know, it was just one of those nights.

I got a couple of pitches up that I was able to take advantage of. It was just one of those days. I was able to find some holes and hit some balls on the barrel. It's been a while.

I got a couple good pitches to hit, and finally didn't miss them.

I get stronger as the game goes on. I get more confident as the game goes on. I felt I was able to mix up my pitches and keep them off balance somewhat. After that first inning, I felt better on the mound.

I get strike one, a ground ball back to me, and I screwed up, ... I was just fortunate enough that I was able to regroup, make some quality pitches after that to keep it a tie ballgame and give us a chance to win.

If the guys around him are swinging the bat well, he's naturally going to get better pitches to hit. Now he's been overanxious because they're not coming after him. We don't have enough guys around him swinging the bat really well.

If something's not working and it doesn't feel right, I'm not going to keep doing the same thing. I've had a hard time getting comfortable. I've fouled pitches off I should have hit. It's frustrating.

He was averaging 10 pitches an inning, it was a masterpiece. We had ample opportunities to get that two-out hit and drive in a run and just didn't do it. There's no need for finger pointing. That was a total team loss.

He?s got very good stuff and the one thing he?s very good at is command. That typically is what separates kids that come to this level. In A-ball you don?t have to be so fine. Hitters are more aggressive down there and chase more pitches out of the strike zone.

He's got to pitch ahead to be effective. He was throwing some pitches and he wasn't missing by much if he was missing. When he had to bring it over the plate, they hit him. Then after that, he kind of found his groove and pitched a good ball game and kept us in it from there on.

He was around the plate, which I liked. He hung a couple of pitches but I don't mind that. I liked what I saw.

He was a little off because he hadn't pitched in about 12 or 14 days. I think it showed, but he battled. That's what he's about. He goes out hard and pitches hard. That's what he is.

He was dead on. It just seems like when he pitches we match up with a pitcher who has a great day.

He was cruising along and pitching really well. He just made some mistakes with pitches and the hitters hit them.

He was crisp with all of his pitches and very sharp. I'm impressed with him; he looks like he did a few years ago.

He was coming right at us. He gave us plenty of pitches to hit, but it didn't happen.

He tried to throw harder and harder, and his pitches straightened out and were up in the zone. There was nothing cheap about any of their hits.

He was up a little bit, 75 pitches in less than five innings is getting up there. He battled OK, but we had some ugly plays out there.

He was throwing strikes with his off-speed pitches. That is fine the first few times through the order. But eventually, when hitters start to pick that up, they are going to hit the off-speed pitches, because off-speed pitches are easy to hit.

He's continued to go out there each time and be consistent for us. He's thrown well and has made the necessary pitches when he's needed to.

He's changed. He's mixing his pitches more; that's the difference I've seen.

He has a history of success. His fastball is in the low 90s, a decent breaking ball. He has three pitches that he throws with a changeup.

He has a combination of three pitches that are really paralyzing pitches. When he's on, he can really take over a game, dominate a game.

He had two perfect pitches to bunt. That's the guy you want up there to get the bunt down. You get the bunt down, it makes them have to make decisions. And we had a guy coming up who's a contact hitter who can drive the ball to the outfield to drive the run in.

He had a rough inning the other day against Morris, and I wanted to get him back out there as soon as I could. He hit his spots and threw the pitches he wanted.

He had a real good last inning for us. He made good pitches when he needed to.

He had three pitches going today and he was throwing them all for strikes. I was really pleased with the way he stayed ahead in the count.

He had three 0-2 counts where he left some pitches up and they just jumped on them; those kids swing the bat. I think he was fired up with all the kids in the crowd. But once he calmed down, he was tough to hit.

He had pretty good stuff but he fell behind too much, ... But he made big pitches when he needed to and really limited the damage outside of the four-run inning.